The Other Side of the Story - Guess Who?

GUESS WHO?

Daniel moved into a new neighborhood
and didn't know anyone. He asked Rabbi Steinberg to help set
him up with different families for Shabbos meals, which Rabbi
Steinberg did faithfully every week. Every Friday, Rabbi Steinberg
would call Daniel and tell him which family he would be eating
with.

One Friday, Rabbi Steinberg
called as usual. Daniel didn't answer, so he left a message on
Daniel's voice mail telling Daniel which families were expecting
him.

After Shabbos, Rabbi Steinberg
was told that Daniel never showed up at the families for any of
the meals. Perhaps he had taken sick and couldn't notify his
host? Perhaps it was a wrong number and someone else received
the message?

The next time he met Daniel,
the Rabbi apologized and said that he had left a message with
Daniel's answering service. Daniel said, "I don't have an
answering service!" They checked and discovered that the
phone company gives three months' free voice mail to anyone who
orders a new phone line. Daniel didn't know about this and therefore
never picked up his messages!